Coal delivery box



(N5 Model.)

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No. 555,250. Patented M51. 5, 1895.

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SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent No. 535,250, dated March 5, 1895. Application April 30, m94. Serial No. 509 ,5 64:. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern,.-

Beit lnown that I, HERMANN Knut, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Coal-Delivery Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The objectvof theinvention is to provide a new and improved coal delivery box, which is simple and durable in construction, and more especially designed for supplying customers with coal in small quantities, and without danger of soiling the apartments on delivering or removing the coal from the box as needed for household purposes,at the same time insuring the customer the proper amount of coal ordered.

The invention consists in certain parts and details, and combinations of the same, as will be hereinafter fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement, on the line 1 1 of Fig. 3, showing the lid open and the discharge door closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same, with the lid closed and the discharge door open. Fig. 3 is a plan view ot the improvement with the lid open; and Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view of the discharge door and part of the vessel, on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

The improved coal delivery box is provided with a casing A, preferably made of sheet metal, and formed with a straight flat back and a curved front, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3. On one side of the casing A is secured a suitable handle B, adapted to be taken hold of by the coalman, to readily carry the filled box from the coal yard or coal wagon to the apartment of the customer, and to carry the empty box back for re-filling.

The vessel A is provided at its upper end with a hinged lid C, adapted to be fastened in place on the vessel when in a closed position by a suitable key-lock D, of any approved construction, and provided with a hinged lid D for closing the upper exposed part of the lock at the time the vessel is filled with coal, to prevent dust and other impurities from passing into the interior of the lock. When the vessel is to be closed, the hinged lid D is swung inward and downward, as shown in Fig. 2, to` permit of locking the lid C in` place on the vessel vby the lock D.

In the lower part of the vessel A is arranged a chutev E, extending from the back ofthe ves-- bottom F. The door I is adapted to swing outward to open, and when open as shown in Fig. 2, then it is in perfect alignment with the perforated bottom F, to permit of conveniently removing coal from the perforated bottom F, by the use of a shovel or other device. The door I is provided on its sides with Iianges I',- to prevent coal from falling off the open door I, and the inner ends of the said lianges are formed with hooks I2 adapted to abut against the inner surface of the back of the vessel A, at a time when the door I is swung open, so as to hold the latter in a horizontal position. See Figs. 2 and 4. The door I is adapted to be locked in a closed position by a suitable locking device I3. See Fig. l.

In the back of the door I of the vessel A, is arranged a vertically disposed slot A', covered by a transparent or translucent strip J, which extends from the upper end of the chute E. to the top of the vessel, as plainly shown in Figs. l and 2. By this arrangement the contents of the vessel A can be atall times examined,so as to permit the customer to see that he receives the proper amount of coal ordered, and also permits him to determine at any time the amount of coal left in the vessel.

The device is used as follows:4 When the door I is closed and the lid C is open, as shown in Figs. l and 3, then the vessel A is illed with coal, say titty pounds, at the coal yard or other place, after which the lid C is closed and locked by the lock D and the vessel is then delivered to the customer. As the vesn ICO sel is closed, no dust, dirt, &c., will arise at the time of delivering the vessel with its contents in the apartment of the customer. At the same time the carrier of the Vessel is not liable to soil his dress, hands, (he. The customer receiving the lled box can see on the transparent plate or strip J that the vessel is properly filled with the amount of coal o1'- dered.

In using the device, the operator opens the door I, and swings the same in a horizontal position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and then by the use of a shovel removes coal as desired from the perforated bottom F, it being understood that coal will pass in small quantities from the chute E to the front of the perforated bottom F, to be then removed from the latter at the door opening, over the door I.

Impurities such as dust, dirt, &c., contained in the coal readily sift through the perforated false bottom F, to accumulate in the compartment G, from which they can be removed at the coal yard previous to filling, on the return of the empty box.

It is understood that heretofore, in cities and other places, coal has been delivered to apartments in bags, and such bags when filled with coal and delivered to a customer cause considerable dust to arise in the house and rooms to which the bag is carried. With my device, no dust can arise either in the delivery or on the removal of the coal from the bags.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent--l 1. A coal box provided with a screen like false bottom and a removable receptacle thereunder, the inclined plate E within the Vessel, the door I hinged to swing down into the plane of the false bottom and allow the ready introduction of a shovel and side ilanges I on said door and provided at their inner or lower ends with lateral stop lugs I2 to engage the inner side of the box when the door is in its open position, the false bottom being provided with slots into which the said stop lugs extend when the door is closed, substantially as described.

2. A delivery box, comprising a vessel adapted to contain a measured quantity of coal, a lid for the said vessel and adapted to be locked thereto, a lock for the said lid, and a hinged cover for the said lock, substantially as shown and described.

HERMANN KEHL.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. HosTER, C. SEDGWICK. 

